Breakfast of Champions

Monday morning was one of those rare occasions where Dave and Nathan and I all had nothing going on so we decided to get together for some breakfast over at the Walker's. We only had about an hour or two to catch-up but it was still worth it. I have a picture here and as you can see we're all twice the men we used to be, literally. Dave and I see each other almost daily now that we work together but we're lucky to see Nathan once a year. We made some plans to get together at his parents new place in Rocky Ridge sometime to check it out and we're hoping that we can catch a hockey game sometime this season too. Thanks Walker's for hosting the show and for all that food.

Thanksgiving 2005

My all-time favorite food is Thanksgiving dinner. Mexican food is a close second and Italian food is close behind that, but nothing beats the turkey dinner. This past weekend we had two turkey dinners, the first at the Mason's on Saturday and then the second at Heather and Tyler's new house out in Cochrane. Both were excellent and good times were had by all. Out at the Willaimsons we had an origional Nintendo set-up in the basement and we spent most of the evening re-mastering our techiques on games like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, Silkworm, Contra, and the like. It was nice to have a long weekend too as life has gotten crazy busy these days. I'm still in school full-time and working every night and Saturdays at Dda. I also have Young Mens on Thursdays now too so it's getting harder and harder to budget time for family and getting stuff done around the house. It's good to be busy though, it makes rest times that much more appreciated.

Young Mens

A lot happened this past Thanksgiving weekend, too much to put in one entry so I'm breaking it up a bit. Last Sunday was our first Sunday in our newly formed Coventry Ward. There were some new faces, some old faces, and some ugly faces, but I think its all going to be fine. I was given a new calling as the First Councilor in the Young Men's Presidency. That puts me in charge of the Teachers Quorum. There are only 2 or 3 Teachers in the Quorum so I'm also the Advisor and an Assistant Venture Leader. Jodie's husband Aaron is the Second Councilor so he is over the Deacons and he's also the Scout Leader. There are 6 deacons in that Quorum and a couple of them will be moving up to Teachers early next year. I haven't been in the youth program of the Church since I was a youth so I'm excited to do it. It's going to be a bit different than when I was in Young Men's as we had some 20 or so members in our different Quorums at any given time but I guess that gives us an opportunity to try and grow. It'll be good to go camping again too, I haven't done that in ages.

175th Semi-Annual General Conference

We had another great weekend of General Conference a couple weeks ago and all the General Conference traditions were upheld. I went to the Saturday evening session with my Brother Trevor, My Dad, and Tammy's Dad, and then we hooked up with the Jones and went to Swiss Chalet for a man's dinner. Sunday morning Tammy and Emma and I watched the early session from home and then went over to my parents to watch the later session and to eat Cinnamon buns. I love Conference for the chance to hear talks from the General Authorities but I also love the traditions that our family has that go along with it.

Dda Grande Prix

Today the men of DeJong Design Associates were treated by Marvin to a lunch at Joey Tomatoes and 6 spins at the Go-Karts. The machines were a bit primitive but it was great fun. If I ever get a chance to go there again I'll have to remember to get car #66, it was the champions choice for speed. I've only been once before and it was at the same place so I'd like to try another place sometime that has better rides. It was a good way to end a pretty stressful week of school. This long-weekend is timely and the turkey dinners slated for Saturday and Monday are even more timely. Anyways, Thanks again to Marv for a great afternoon.